Intercontinental Exchange has made three senior management promotions – Ben Jackson, President and COO of ICE Futures U.S., has been named ICE’s Chief Commercial Officer, Lynn Martin, President and COO of ICE Data Services, now has added responsibility for Interactive Data, and Trabue Bland, ICE Vice President of Regulation, has been named President of ICE Futures US. The promotions are all effective as of Monday, 1 February, 2016, with the trio all reporting directly to ICE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey C Sprecher (pictured).   Jackson’s newly created role includes responsibility for leading the integration planning and execution of ICE’s acquisitions

Voce Capital Management has added two industry veterans to its executive team with both Mark Shamia joined as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and Nicholas Heldfond joining as Head of Business Development and Investor Relations. Shamia is a veteran of the asset management industry and brings over 20 years of experience in similar roles with other alternative investment managers. He will focus on establishing a best-in-class, institutional infrastructure and will oversee the non-investment side of the business.   Heldfond meanwhile, brings over 15 years of marketing and investor relations experience in the asset management industry. Heldfond will initiate

Credit Suisse to open Front Office trading floor in Ireland for Prime Services business Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny has opened the first Credit Suisse Trading Floor in Dublin, making the country an important hub for the bank’s Prime Services Business in Europe.    The opening of the new floor will house circa 100 positions in Dublin, including 40 trading, risk and capital professionals and 60 support roles.   The key parts of the Prime Services business that will operate out of this location include Prime Brokerage, Prime Financing and Securities Lending, all of which serve clients across global markets. The Dublin

Deimos Asset Management, a multi-strategy hedge fund manager, has appointed Richard Franzen (pictured) as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager.  At Deimos, Franzen will focus on managing a pairs-based trading strategy. Prior to Deimos, Franzen managed portfolios based on the same strategy at REF Advisors and at Battenkill Capital Management Inc. since 2007. Previous to that he was employed as an analyst and portfolio manager at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers from 1996 to 2005 and as an analyst at Millennium Management LLC in 2006.   Franzen is the fifth portfolio manager to join Deimos since last July, following the additions

Neonet, an independent agency broker and execution specialist, has joined AIM Italia, Borsa Italiana’s marketplace for SMEs, as a member firm.
  
“As an independent agency brokerage, we constantly review our access to all available European liquidity.  Recent customer demand for access to Italy’s SMEs lead to our decision to become a member of AIM Italia,” says Tim Wildenberg, Chief Executive Officer of Neonet. “We are delighted to offer our clients access to SMEs listed on AIM Italia.”
 
“I am delighted to welcome Neonet on AIM Italia. This new membership expands opportunities for Italian SMEs and will further boost liquidity

Mirabaud Securities is developing its electronic trading capabilities with the appointment of Jason Rand to the newly created role of head of global electronic trading. Rand will be tasked with the development and expansion of Mirabaud’s electronic trading capabilities across EMEA, Asia, and the Americas. His appointment emphasises the scale of Mirabaud’s ambitions to build on their existing services to institutional clients.   Nicolas Tissot, chief executive officer of Mirabaud Securities, says: “We are delighted to welcome such a high calibre specialist to spearhead the growth of our global electronic trading proposition. Jason has an exceptional track record and a proven ability

Pamplona Capital Management has appointed Pedro Rapallo (pictured) as an Operating Partner in order to supplement its deal team and support its focus on the Iberian Peninsula. In this new position, Rapallo, along with the Pamplona Capital team, will drive new investment opportunities in Spain and Portugal.   “Pedro brings a wealth of local knowledge and expertise in Spain and Portugal and a large experience in the global financial services industry. Pedro’s insight will be invaluable for Pamplona Capital as we increase our focus on investment opportunities in Iberia,” says John Halsted, Managing Partner at Pamplona Capital.   Rapallo brings 20

Man GLG, the discretionary investment management business of Man Group, has appointed Guillermo Ossés as Head of Emerging Market Debt Strategies, based in New York. Ossés, who brings 24 years of experience in emerging markets fixed income investing to Man GLG, joins the firm from HSBC Asset Management. Ossés joined HSBC in 2011 and led the firm’s emerging markets fixed income capabilities, managing in excess of USD20 billion. Prior to this, Guillermo was an emerging markets fixed income portfolio manager at PIMCO and held emerging markets positions at Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank. He holds a BA in Business from

The Jefferies Managed Futures Fund, one of the funds managed by the Strategic Investments Division of Jefferies Investment Advisers and a member of the Leucadia Asset Management family of funds, has beed added to the SG Short Term Traders Index (formerly Newedge Short Term Traders Index). The index, which is comprised of the largest 10 managers by AUM that meet specified criteria, is designed to track the performance of short-term, diversified Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA) and Global Macro managers.   Jefferies Managed Futures Fund’s investment program employs a diverse set of systematic, short to medium term trading strategies applied to

Trian Fund Management has appoiunted Michael D White, former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of DIRECTV, and former Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo International and Vice Chairman of PepsiCo, to its team of Advisory Partners. White joins Trian’s other Advisory Partners, William R Johnson, Dennis M Kass and Dennis Reilley, in providing support to Trian in various ways, including by identifying potential investment opportunities, assisting with due diligence, formulating strategic and operating initiatives for the companies in which Trian invests, and engaging with public company management teams, Boards of Directors, shareholders, and external advisors.   Nelson Peltz, Peter May